"The one thing that I've always wanted to do is give new life to the blues, with experimenting with new things. Giving it a new feel so we can really reach this new generation."

Inetta Visor: Therapeutic Blues Heat

Inetta Visor…

"Listen to Muddy and Howlin’ Wolf. They share themselves and their lives through their music."

Big Bill Morganfield: Blues has a son and his name is Big…

The European Blues Challenge is a major European event for the Blues communauty and beyond.

3rd European Blues Challenge 2013

8 and 9 March, took place the 3rd annual European Blues…

"If you want to be in the music business, you don't have to sell your soul to the devil--you just have to lease it for awhile."

Michael Minzer:…

"Art and music are often interlinked. When listening to certain music you can sense the colors and mood of the piece."

Gavin Mayhew: The sound of Artophone

Gavin Mayhew is an artist…

Willie Dixon said two important things: “The Blues are the facts of life” and “Blues is the roots and everything else is the fruits.”

Thomas J. Cullen III: …

"Because roots/blues music is real and vital, and it makes you feel something, like a release of true emotions. And even if it’s a sad song, feeling something real makes a person feel good."

Kathy Murray & Bill Jones: Austin Blues Love…

"The Hammond organ is connected to Blues/Jazz and Soul music because of it’s connection to the church. Gospel music used it first and it crossed over to secular music."

Clayton Doley: The Joy of Music…

 "The BLUES is the truth, the un-sugar-coated honesty we all face day to day, or even moment to moment."

Michael P. Maness: Coloring the Blues World

From the age of eight, Michael Patrick Maness has been…

We'll miss you Alvin...Rock in Peace Master

British blues rock great Alvin Lee, a guitarist and singer whose scorching performance at Woodstock propelled his band Ten Years After to wide fame, died on Wednesday of "unforeseen complications" from a routine surgery, family…

Alvin Lee is gone. So sad about us. The world has lost a truly great and gifted musician.

"Enjoy life and be grateful for every moment, it is a gift. Be open, kind, loving and laugh a lot...Best advice I ever received. Meditate, it is the way to uncover your soul and be free to be who you are."…

"New Orleans is like a bowl of 'gumbo'. Gumbo has many ingredients in it, such as, chicken, shrimp, sausage, oysters, etc. and New Orleans music culture possesses the same thing, musically, Dixie Land, R&B, Jazz, Second Line, etc."

Leo Nocentelli: New Orleans…

At least it feels like it. Today was cold day in here. -20 celsius outside. Where's that fine weather and sunshine? It's going to snow today once again.

"Most of the artists were part of the hippie movement of the time; the underground culture was really a bunch of young kids who'd run away from home. And, they also wanted to rebel against the rules of design and art."

Bob Masse: Rockin the Art Nouveau …

"Blues is a big part of American history and I hope it keep its natural roots. Today’s blues is becoming a lot more southern rock based and I think its loosing it natural flavor its history."

Reggie Britton: Call me Black Magic Johnson…

"Blues is an expression of a person’s deepest emotions. You can’t really listen to the blues without reflecting on your own situation to some degree."

Stevie Silver: Blues journey never ends

His…

"Great poets use their voices like musicians, drawing forth humor, grief, love, desire, hate, awe. Musicians have a step up with their instrument, that’s why I think some poets like to have a musician accompany them."

Catfish McDaris: The Blues of storyteller…